Boris Johnson recalls the "life-and-death situation": the British government has an emergency plan in the event of his death

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson was previously diagnosed with the new crown virus and hospitalized, and London's St Thomas' Hospital, which treated him, did not disclose more information than to release that he was once admitted to the intensive care unit.

Johnson, who was discharged from the hospital and returned to work, said in an interview with the British "Sun" a few days ago that during the severe illness, doctors had considered using invasive ventilators, and the British government also had an emergency plan once he died.

Johnson, 55, was diagnosed with the infection in late March and, after 10 days of isolation at the Prime Minister's Office at 10 Downing Street, entered St. Thomas' Hospital for treatment and spent 3 days in intensive care.

In an article published in the Sunday edition of The Sun, Johnson said the government had a plan for the death situation, and "it was a difficult time, and I can't deny it."

Johnson said he had previously been registered for admission to the Prime Minister's Office during the quarantine, but he refused. "I refused because I was working and holding meetings via video link... But I was very weak and felt very intoxicated, not the drunken kind, but, you know, very bad. He said.

Johnson said: "When I was told I had to go to St. Thomas' Hospital, I said, I really don't want to go. That's not a good thing for me, but they're very tough. Looking back now, they were right to force me to go to the hospital. ”

After being admitted to the hospital, Johnson put on an oxygen mask and inserted a tube into his nose. "I've been taking oxygen for quite some time."

Johnson entered the intensive care unit on April 6. At the worst, according to him, doctors discuss whether to use invasive ventilators. "There is a 50 percent chance that they will be intubated under my trachea, and once the doctor has made every preparation for the deterioration of the condition, the blood picture indicator is still going in the wrong direction."

After Johnson was discharged from the hospital, St. Thomas Hospital was pleased with the prime minister's treatment, but did not disclose any specific information about the treatment other than entering the intensive care unit.

Johnson's pregnant fiancée, Carrie Symonds, was also diagnosed with the coronavirus and has recovered. Symonds gave birth to a son in London on April 29. On May 2, Johnson and Symonds announced that they had named their newborn son Wilfred Laurie Nicholas. Among them, Nicholas paid tribute to two doctors in the intensive care unit named Nicholas, thanking them for saving Johnson's life.

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Source: Xinhua News Agency, Zhuang Beining